In addition to this, a five-seater Pawan Hans helicopter was also stationed at Kullu exclusively for tribal area flights, he added.Dhumal alleged that former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh misused the helicopter for his personal comforts without any consideration of difficulties faced by the tribals. Earlier, that state government had taken a helicopter on contract basis from Mesco Airline. He said that Mesco Airline had warned in writing to the previous government that unless the helicopter was used economically, it would not be available for the tribal area flights during winters.He said that the former Chief Minister had ignored this warning and kept on using this helicopter for his touring within and outside the state. He stated that due to this factor, the helicopter was grounded for maintenance purposes earlier than the schedule.